Laura Hernando is Managing Director of the Hotels Department at Colliers International Spain. She was partner of irea from January 2017, when she was appointed to partner after more than ten years of professional career at the firm, until March 2018 when irea joined Colliers International. She specialises in advising on hotel sales, as well as on the sale and purchase of debt portfolios secured by hotel assets and company sales. She also has experience in structuring financing for the acquisition and development of hotels, in financial restructuring for hotel and real estate groups and in strategic consultancy for companies with interests invested in the hotel sector, including the negotiation of management contracts with hotel chains.
She began her career as an analyst in the mergers and acquisitions department at Atlas Capital Close Brothers. Laura joined the irea Hotels division in 2005.
Ignacio joined irea, currently Colliers International Corporate Finance, in 2017 where he works as an Analyst in the Hotels Division. Since he joined the Company, he has taken part in the advisory of several M&A transactions involving hotels and Real Estate portfolios, search of financing, valuation, search of hotel operator, market research and other consultancy projects.
